Pittsfield

Pittsfield is a city in Massachusetts and the county seat of Berkshire County. It was settled in 1753, and it was incorporated in 1761, being named for the British statesman William Pitt the Elder. Pittsfield was primarily an agricultural area before becoming a center of woolen manufacturing after 1807, and it was a bustling metropolis by the end of the century. The city was incorporated in 1891, and it grew to have a population of 42,846 people in 2016.